比喻

See also: 比喩

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	allegory
trad. (比喻/比喩)		比	喻/喩
simp. (比喻)		比	喻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐyù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jyu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-yi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pí-jū / pí-lū / pí-jī

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi² ru⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐyù
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-yü⁴
  - Yale: bǐ-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiyuh
  - Palladius: биюй (bijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² jyu⁶
  - Yale: béi yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi² yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jyː²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˋ i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˋ (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jū
  - Tâi-lô: pí-jū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyju
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-lū
  - Tâi-lô: pí-lū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pylu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jī
  - Tâi-lô: pí-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi² ru⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí jŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zu³⁵/

Verb

比喻

to liken; to compare; to draw an analogy; to metaphorize

Synonyms

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打比 (dǎbǐ)
打比仿 (Huizhou)
打比子 (Muping)
打比方
比方
譬喻 (pìyù)

Noun

比喻

(rhetoric) analogy; metaphor; figure of speech; simile
比喻意義／比喻意义 ― bǐyù yìyì ― figurative meaning

Synonyms

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暗喻 (ànyù)
比方
譬喻 (pìyù)
隱喻／隐喻 (yǐnyù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (比喻):

→ Japanese: 比喩(ひゆ) (hiyu)
→ Korean: 비유(比喩) (biyu)
→ Vietnamese: tỉ dụ (比喻)

→ Middle Vietnamese: ꞗí dù

→ Vietnamese: ví dụ

Derived terms

比喻義／比喻义 (bǐyùyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
比	喻
ひ Grade: 5	ゆ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 比喻 – see the following entry.

【比喩ひゆ】

[noun] simile, metaphor, allegory

Alternative spellings
譬喩, 譬喻, 比ゆ, 比諭

(This term, 比喻, is an alternative spelling (extended shinjitai) of the above term.)